What Was Lost at Rutgers

Mike Rice was fired on Wednesday as head coach of Rutgers University's men's basketball program, which was no shock. As soon as ESPN broke its explosive story describing allegations of verbal and physical abuse during Rice's tenure—with that damning video of the coach chucking basketballs off player heads and legs—it was going to happen, no matter how long the university wanted to drag its feet, parse the discussion, or offer nonsense like re-education and first offenses. Rice was gone, gone, gone. Out the door. No question. That brief delay from Tuesday to Wednesday was just a few final coughs of institutional...